China is no longer the top security priority for the US, according to the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy. The document, published once every four years, instead says that the security of the US homeland and Western Hemisphere is the department's chief concern, adding that Washington has long neglected the "concrete interests" of Americans. The Pentagon also says it will offer "more limited" support to US allies.
It follows the publication last year of the US National Security Strategy, which said that Europe faced "civilizational collapse" and did not cast Russia as a threat to the US. At the time, Moscow said the document was "largely consistent" with its vision.
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